Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-12-12-Speech-3-216"
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If there were any doubts about the EU’s real intentions with regard to the free trade agreements it proposes to establish with the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) Group of States, agreements which are described as ‘economic partnership agreements’ (EPAs) and which were much in evidence at the recent EU-Africa summit because some African countries refused to sign them, a reading of the resolution that has now been approved would suffice to explain them. However, João Cravinho, Portugal’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, as President of the Council, had already made things quite clear at the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly at Kigali on 21 November.
Although obliged to retreat (for the moment), the EU sought to counter the resistance by coming up with a ‘
’ the EPAs ‘
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’, at the same time promising millions and millions of euros as a pledge of the ACP countries’ sovereignty and independence (economic and, soon, political). That is the object of the ‘General Affairs and External Relations’ Council decision of 17 November 2007.
The majority of the EP applauds and supports the decision. As for us, we denounce and oppose such intentions and policies, by which the EU seeks to recolonise the ACP countries economically."@en1
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"in two phases, starting with trade in goods"1
"proposal to negotiate"1
"to include other areas, such as services and investment"1
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